Barrett-Lennard, Amy Eliza (later Mrs Forrest) (1852 - 1897)

Born in Beverley, WA, 1852, died 20 August 1897 in London, England

Born in Beverley, WA, one of
two children, to settlers Edmund Thomas Henry Barrett-
Lennard (1823-1895) and Elizabeth Ann nee Smith. Amy
was educated in England. She collected MEL specimens
at Beverley, 1878. The specimens were sent to Mueller via Amy's
future sister-in-law, MARGARET FORREST (who also collected
MEL specimens).

In 1880, Amy married the explorer and
politician Alexander Forrest (1849-1901), and they had five
children. Alexander Forrest also collected MEL specimens.

Amy died in London in 1897, aged 45, after going there to
seek medical advice.